Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online

What's new
About MBS
List of MBS tables
By topic & table
By series
View data in PDF
Countries & areas
Data dictionary
References
Technical notes
Questionnaires
Contact us
Web services

 

MBS Online data dictionary
[Back]
Term
pig iron including foundry
Description Various mineral aggregates from which iron metal is obtained by the conversion of various iron ores by reduction either into pig iron, in blast furnaces or electric furnaces, or into a spongy form (sponge iron) or into lumps by various direct reduction processes. Iron ore is measured by the weight of the ore and may contain varying concentrations of metal. CPC Vers. 1.1 (8), group 411: Basic iron and steel.
Source United Nations, Central Product Classification (CPC). Version 1.1. Series M, No. 77, Ver. 1.1 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.XVII.3).
UN Home | Department of Economic and Social Affairs | Economic and Social Development Home
United Nations Statistics Division
Copyright © 2024